New Ulm weekly review., 1887-11-09

8nObs care aC all 1Or aMlnl, he told HIM
Iself sternly, whenever he nedi.-
lstated upon the subject. She
| was only a heartless firt, and it was
to his own interest to have nothing to
lido with her. In the ordinary course
of events she would marry and settle
down happily as soon as the right
| man came to claim her. and before
very long itseemed to Dick Dering
as if that favored Individual had ar
rived at last.
It happened that about six months
after Mr.. Dering's arrival at Dimple.
thorpe. q young lord of no small im-
portance made his appearance upon
the scene. He was the younger son Of
q peer, and had a seat in parliament,
possessed a fair amount of brains,
and was in Joe's opinion, rather jol-
ly.' His ancestral halls were in the
far north, but he had purchased Hol-
lingsworth lodge, q place not five miles
distant from the park gates of Cells
ton, and there at the commencement
of the hunting season his lordship
took up his abode. Needless to relate
he had not long been acquainted with
Joey I,yttelton before he had
fallen very deeply in love with
| her. AS for Joe, she liked him
tolerably well, altho' she told her
mother he was horribly conceited,
and required taking down peg or
two 50 IN turn for all his kind at
tentions and pretty little attempts at
love-nlaking, nauehty Joe chafed and
teased him, until he gnawed at his
tawny mustache, and avowed that
it was totally impossible to under
stand her.
Mrs. Lyttelton had made up her
mind to give a cosy little dinner party
at the manor house. She was 4 a
languid woman, and objected to g
! much in the way Of exertion, but late
ly it had become evident to her that
Lord Herbert Mandeville's attentions
to her daughter were even more mark
ed than hitherto, and she felt that
something must be done by her to
bring affairs to crisis. The dear
girl could not be persuaded to look at
the matter seriously, but her mother
was quite conscious Of the TACT that it
would be a Jery good thing for them
both if Joe could be brought to accept
his lordship's heart and fortune, as
soon as they were laid at her feet.
And this tribute to Joe's many
charms was not long IN being paid.
It happened that the very day be-
fore the dinner-party, when Mrs. Lyt-
telton was alone in her Doudoir about
the time OF afternoon tea, Lord Her
Der Mandeville was announced. Joe
was out riding, but for once his lord
ship seemed rather relieved than 9TH
erwise to hear it, and before he took
his leave he had impaired his hearts
secret to Mrs. Lyttel5on. He told her
frankly that he was too much afraid
OF q refusal to risk speaking himself to
Miss Lyttelton, but he hoped that
her mother would be his friend in this
matter and plead his cause for him.
When he had gone Mrs. Lyttelton
sank back in her low wicker work
chair and reviewed the position,
which she felt was by no means an
easy one. She hated the response
bility OF having to make up her mind
for herself, and was almost disposed
to quarrel with his lordship for
thurstlng the necessity upon her, for
we'll she knew that as soon as the
subject was introduced to Joe
the whole affair would be treated as
an excellent joke. What was she to
do? There was no one to whom she
could turn in her dilemma, unless
why, yes, to be sure! Why had not
this Idea presented itself to her soon.
er?
She could. of course, appeal to Mr..
Dering and ask his assistance in bring
ing Joe to her senses. This dear girl
always seemed disposed to approve OF
Mr.. Dering's opinion, and had been
known on more than one occasion to
sit corrected when he had quietly con.
tradicte! some assertion others. Mrs.
Lyttelton had already sent him card
for her select dinner party, and he had
accepted the heinvitation; but now she
dispatched note to him, begging HIM
to come to her on the following even
ing an hour earlier than the other
guests, as she was in great anxiety ard
wished to avail herself OF his kind ad-
vice and assistance.
She felt she could rely upon his COM
ing, and she was not disappointed in
him. The clock in her bOudoir had
just chined when Mr.. Dering was
announced.
Mrs. Lyttelton rose languidly to
| meet him, feeling what an untold ad-
vantage 1t was to have man like
this young clergyman to whom she
could turn in her perplexity. She
told him all her story, with an earnest.
ness that was almost childish in its
simplicity-how dear Joe was always
sweet and good in every thing except
the matter of her own love affairs.
She selt, she SAID that it would be best
to tell her as soon as possible OF Lord
Mandeviile's proposal, but had put it
off until the following day in the hope
that Mr.. Dering would kindly consent
to be present at the ordeal, and say q
word in season for his lordship.
| Dick Dering listened gravely. hardly
speaking word, until all the partic-
! ulars of the case had been fully ex-
| planned to HIM. He knew Mrs. Lyt-5